New Zealand Has 34 Years To Get Rid Of Rats

A conservation plan announced Monday aims to eradicate rats, stoats and opossums throughout the country.

"We want our native wildlife to be able to flourish and for New Zealand to show the world what sort of conservation gains are possible when there is the will and the way to make that happen," Prime Minister John Key said.

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And this isn't the first initiative of its kind. Canada has kept its Alberta province free of rats for more than 50 years by creating a "rat control zone" that is monitored by several rat hunters.